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Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Appears in 2 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: If you have been praying for blessings Refrain First Line: When faith reaches out with the key

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[If you have been praying for blessings]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. H. McGranahan Hymnal Title: Great Revival Hymns Used With Text: When Faith Reaches Out

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When Faith Reaches Out

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Great Revival Hymns #69 (1911) Hymnal Title: Great Revival Hymns First Line: If you have been praying for blessings Refrain First Line: When faith reaches out with the key Lyrics: 1 If you have been praying for blessings, Remember, when sending your plea, The doors of God’s storehouse swing open, When faith reaches out with the key. Refrain: When faith reaches out with the key, All heaven is open for thee; The doors of God’s storehouse swing open, When faith reaches out with the key. 2 The blessings of heaven are boundless, The mercies of heaven are free,— And all may be yours for the asking, When faith reaches out with the key. [Refrain] 3 For grace or for pow’r are you pleading? If more use to God would you be? You’ll surely receive what you’re needing, When faith reaches out with the key. [Refrain] 4 And would you sometime reach that city That stands by the bright crystal sea? The Lord will prepare you for glory, When faith reaches out with the key. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [If you have been praying for blessings]

When Faith Reaches Out

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Select Hymns and Psalms #22 (1914) Hymnal Title: Select Hymns and Psalms First Line: If you have been praying for blessings Refrain First Line: When faith reaches out with the key Languages: English Tune Title: [If you have been praying for blessings]

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Johnson Oatman, Jr.

1856 - 1922 Person Name: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal Title: Great Revival Hymns Author of "When Faith Reaches Out" in Great Revival Hymns Johnson Oatman, Jr., son of Johnson and Rachel Ann Oatman, was born near Medford, N. J., April 21, 1856. His father was an excellent singer, and it always delighted the son to sit by his side and hear him sing the songs of the church. Outside of the usual time spent in the public schools, Mr. Oatman received his education at Herbert's Academy, Princetown, N. J., and the New Jersey Collegiate Institute, Bordentown, N. J. At the age of nineteen he joined the M.E. Church, and a few years later he was granted a license to preach the Gospel, and still later he was regularly ordained by Bishop Merrill. However, Mr. Oatman only serves as a local preacher. For many years he was engaged with his father in the mercantile business at Lumberton, N. J., under the firm name of Johnson Oatman & Son. Since the death of his father, he has for the past fifteen years been in the life insurance business, having charge of the business of one of the great companies in Mt. Holly, N. J., where he resides. He has written over three thousand hymns, and no gospel song book is considered as being complete unless it contains some of his hymns. In 1878 he married Wilhelmina Reid, of Lumberton, N.J. and had three children, Rachel, Miriam, and Percy. Excerpted from Biography of Gospel Song and Hymn Writers by Jacob Henry Hall; Fleming H. Revell, Co. 1914

H. H. McGranahan

1854 - 1931 Hymnal Title: Great Revival Hymns Composer of "[If you have been praying for blessings]" in Great Revival Hymns Hugh Henry McGranahan USA 1854-1931. Born at Jamestown, PA, nephew of James McGranahan, gospel hymnist, he studied music under hymnists, George Root, and Horatio Palmer, and at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA. He married Grace McKinley, and they had two sons: Joseph and James. He became an editor and author. His most widely held publications include: “The juvenile class and concert” (1882,1895), “The choral class book” (1898), “Hymn and Psalm selections compiled” (1914), “Glad praises” (1914), and “Select temperance songs, new and old” (1915). He began his career directing musical institute conventions and later had charge of church choral unions in New York, NY, and Philadelphia, PA. He also headed the music department at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, IL, for five years. After leaving the music field for health reasons, he entered the insurance business in Pittsburgh, PA, where he directed music in the educational department of the Bellefield Presbyterian Church. In 1880 he taught music in South Shenango, PA. In 1914 he was back in Jamestown, PA, where he later died. John Perry